Record Number: 33547

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Most army hospitals acquired a varied collection of books and this ward was no exception. With plenty of time to pass in bed I naturally spent a lot of it reading, and browsed on a literary diet ranging from Le Queux and Edgar Wallace, to Emily Brontë and Turgenev.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 8 Mar 1917 and 19 Mar 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Wimereux
county
specific address: No. 14 Stationary Hospital
location in dwelling: A2 Ward
other location

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 Oct 1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Lance-Corporal, 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Emily Bronte

Title:

Wuthering Heights

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (institution library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33547

Source:

Print

Author:

Geoffrey Husbands

Editor:

J. M. Bourne

Title:

Joffrey's War: A Sherwood Forester in the Great War

Place of Publication:

Nottingham

Date of Publication:

2011

Vol:

n/a

Page:

413

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Geoffrey Husbands, J. M. Bourne (ed.), Joffrey's War: A Sherwood Forester in the Great War, (Nottingham, 2011), p. 413, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33547, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None